Forschungskolleg / ACSE Exercise 2. Tools around LaTeX

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1 Fakultät Informatik Institut für Software- und Multimediatechnik - Lehrstuhl für Softwaretechnologie Forschungskolleg / ACSE Exercise 2 Tools around LaTeX

2 LAST WEEK Any Questions?

3 Agenda LaTeX Some further hints BibTeX Some further hints Figures Handling figures in LaTeX JabRef Management of BibTeX entries Lyx A WYSIWYM-Frontend for LaTeX

4 LITERATURE [1] WikiBooks [2] LaTeX Page Styles

5 LATEX Some further hints

6 Dates Easy use of the today variable. Submitted on \today. Submitted on Tuesday, October 23rd, Or, when language is set to German: Eingreicht am \today. Eingereicht am Dienstag, 23. Oktober LaTeX2PDF Compiler

7 Sections \section{a Section} 1. Section \section*{a Section not to be numbered} \section{next Section} A Section not to be Will also not appear in the numbered table of contents. 2. Next Section LaTeX2PDF Compiler

8 Appendix \section{a Section} 1. Section \appendix \section{section in Appendix} A. Section in Appendix LaTeX2PDF Compiler

9 References Besides numbers of figures, tables, sections, you can also refer to page numbers: See figure~\ref{fig:test} on page~\pageref{fig:test}. LaTeX2PDF Compiler See figure 1.2 on page

10 Page Numbering Specify the style of page numbers \pagenumbering{arabic} arabic: Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, ) roman: Lowercase roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, ) Roman: Uppercase roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, ) alph: Lowercase letters (a, b, c, ) Alph: Uppercase letters (A, B, C, ) You can even use multiple styles within the same document

11 Your Own Commands Place holder for content. A typical command, I define often (in header): % requires \usepackage{color} \newcommand{\todo}[1] {\color{red}~\textbf{todo #1}~\color{black} } Usage: Bla bla.\todo{write something on X here.} Bla. LaTeX2PDF Compiler Bla bla. TODO Write something on X here. Bla

12 Hyphenation Sometimes, hyphenation won t work at all: Overfull \hbox ( pt too wide) in paragraph at lines Means that somewhere a word is longer than its current line: % Marks overful lines with black bar. \setlength{\overfullrule}{4pt}

13 LaTeX and Math One of the top most advantages of LaTeX are the math packages \usepackage{mathtools} In text, use the $ delimiter: $4 * 3 = 12$ Equations: \begin{equation} 4 * 3 = 12 \label{equ1} \end{equation}

14 LaTeX and Math Quantors [1]: \forall x \in X, \quad \exists y \leq \epsilon Greek letters [1]: \alpha, \beta, \gamma, \Gamma, \pi, \Pi, \phi, \varphi, \Phi

15 LaTeX and Math Fractions [1]: \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!} = \binom{n}{k} Sums [1]: \sum_{i=1}^{10} t_i

16 BIBTEX Some further hints

17 BibTeX Citations Citation in document: \cite{rei2012} [RWB+12] or [1] Citation with page number: \cite[pp. 1-3]{Rei2012} [RWB+12, p. 1-3] or [1, p. 1-3] Multiple citations: \cite{rei2012,ass03,ass04} [RWB+12,Ass03,Ass04] or [1-3]

18 FIGURES Handling Figures in LaTeX

19 Vector vs. Bitmap Graphics

20 Vector vs. Bitmap LaTeX output is often released digitally Users can zoom in! Use vector graphics wherever possible Or use high resolution bitmaps! You can export PDF files from Excel PowerPoint Inkscape Use bitmaps only when necessary (e.g. Screenshots)

21 Tables Tables can be annoying in LaTeX: \begin{table}[h] \begin{tabular} { l r} \hline Column 1 Column 2 Column 1 & Column 2 \\ \hline a b a & b \\ c & d \\ \hline c d \end{tabular} LaTeX2Pdf Compiler \caption{text} \label{table1} \end{table}

22 Tables You can use figures instead Create your table with Excel (or some other tool) Export it as a PDF \begin{table}[h] \includegraphics[width=\textwidth] {figures/tab1.pdf} \caption{some text.} Will be labelled as a table \label{table1} as it is defined in a table \end{table} environment

23 JABREF Management of BibTex entries

24 JabRef Reference manager for BibTex Platform-independent (Java) Just download and start it!

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26 Features Easy Creation of Maintenance of Search for BibTex entries Link from BibTex entries to PDF files Source code editing Easy Export/Import by copy and paste Management of reviews Saves data as bib files

27 LYX A WYSIWYM Editor for LaTeX

28 LyX LaTeX is not a WYSIWYG-Editor (What you see is what you get) Quasi-WYSIWYG Alternatively: WYSIWYM (What you see is what you mean)-frontend LyX is a WYSIWYM-Frontend for LaTeX Uses its own document format (*.lyx) LyX-Code is compiled into LaTeX LyX is a LaTeX precompiler

29 LyX LaTeX is not a WYSIWYG-Editor (What you see is what you get) Quasi-WYSIWYG Alternatively: WYSIWYM (What you see is what you mean)-frontend LyX is a WYSIWYM-Frontend for LaTeX Uses its own document format (*.lyx) LyX-Code is compiled into LaTeX LyX is a LaTeX precompiler

30 LyX Configuration of used document class (Document > Settings / Dokumente Einstellung) Easy moval of whole sections and paragraphs Easy work with multiple lyx files (e.g. for each section/chapter) Integrated spell checker Integrated change management Integrated formula editor

31 EXERCISE No exercise sheet this week